Residents are seen through a window as they survey the damage after a forest fire burned homes in Valparaiso city, northwest of Santiago, April 13, 2014. At least 11 people were killed and 500 houses destroyed over the weekend by a fire that ripped through parts of Chilean port city Valparaiso, as authorities evacuated thousands and used aircraft to battle the blaze. REUTERS/Eliseo Fernandez (CHILE — Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

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Birds lie dead inside a cage after in Valparaiso Sunday.

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Smoke from the forest fires filled the skyline of Valparaiso Saturday. The fire began Saturday afternoon in a forested area above ramshackle housing on one of the city's many hilltops, and spread quickly.

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Houses were in flames Saturday in the picturesque seaside city.

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Firefighters worked to extinguish the fire Saturday.

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A resident stared at houses in flames Saturday.

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The burned in Valparaiso Saturday. Electricity failed as the fire grew, with towering, sparking flames turning the night sky orange over the darkened remains of entire neighborhoods.

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A man attempted to extinguish the flames at a destroyed house in Valparaiso, Saturday.